Rafe wrote:
>...our entire job in this listserv sometimes seems to be second-guessing
>the manufacturers and telling them what they did wrong. <g>
Seems to me they give us ample opportunity! ;-)
>My personal guess is that the better
>way is the one that moves the smaller
>mass -- all else being equal.
That's "Engineer Thinking" and also a Law of Physics, which makes perfect
sense. It may or may not hold true in all cases--Physics still holds some
surprises, IMHO. :-)
Best regards--LRA
Original msg > >
> > Given: That the stepper mechanism is accurate, and not just a piece of
>trash...
> > Then: It would not matter whether the copy is moved or the scanning head
>is moved.
>
>
>True enough, Lynn, but our entire job
>in this listserv sometimes seems to be
>second-guessing the manufacturers
>and telling them what they did wrong. <g>
>
>Jawed had expressed an opinion on which
>of two schemes might work better. I
>simply wanted to point out that, for
>better or for worse, most film scanners
>worked the other way.
>
>My personal guess is that the better
>way is the one that moves the smaller
>mass -- all else being equal.
>
>
>rafe b.
>
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